Grip

Here’s a mystery for you: if the workout is a 9 min AMRAP for 15 toes to bar, 10 deadlifts (115/75) and 5 snatches at (115/75), what will be the first thing to fail?

If you said grip, congrats! You read the title of the post. You also happen to be correct.

Our strategy for preventing grip blowout was to break up the toes to bar right away. There are some among us who can do 15 toes to bar in a row but for this workout, it was not a good idea. Doing 15 toes to bar in a row toasts your grip and then you can’t hold onto the barbell and by the time the second round rolls around, you can’t hold on to the pull-up bar.

Strategy matters. Work hard AND work smart – you’ll get more work done that way. If you didn’t do 15.1 today, you should! It was super fun.